Consultation or authority?

I WOULD like to commend last week's column by Ed Curran (February 22) in which he raised vital questions about the involvement of the Irish government at Hillsborough looking at Strand One Northern Ireland matters.

I WOULD like to commend last week's column by Ed Curran (February 22) in which he raised vital questions about the involvement of the Irish government at Hillsborough looking at Strand One Northern Ireland matters.

In the Belfast Agreement negotiated by the UUP it ensured that the Strand One issues - such as security, policing and internal UK matters - were dealt with solely by the British Government and the Northern Ireland parties.